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Campo de' Fiori in the 1740s, etching by Giuseppe Vasi. In Ancient Rome, the area was unused space between Pompey's Theatre and the flood-prone Tiber.Though the Orsini established themselves on the south flank of the space in the 13th century, until the 15th century, the square remained undeveloped.
Municipio I is an administrative subdivision of the municipality of Rome, encompassing the centre of the city.. It was first created by Rome's city council on 19 January 2001 and has a president who is elected during the mayoral elections.
The nearby Cicala Castle was the birthplace of Giordano Bruno (b. 1548). In 1820, General Pepe 's revolution began in Nola. The sculptor Giovanni Merliano was a native of the city; and some of his works are preserved in the cathedral.
[102] [115] Also in the Porta del Borgo area, the fountain with the obelisk dedicated to Giordano Bruno was demolished, while in today's Via Santa Liberata the church of Santa Liberata was demolished. [116] On May 7, 1984 there was an earthquake in central and southern Italy that struck Tocco with an intensity of VI on the Mercalli scale. There ...
Giordano Bruno (/ dʒ ɔːr ˈ d ɑː n oʊ ˈ b r uː n oʊ /; Italian: [dʒorˈdaːno ˈbruːno]; Latin: Iordanus Brunus Nolanus; born Filippo Bruno, January or February 1548 – 17 February 1600) was an Italian philosopher, poet, alchemist, astrologer, cosmological theorist, and esotericist.
There are many important schools in Maddaloni. The "Convitto Nazionale Giordano Bruno" is the oldest public secondary school in the province of Caserta. It was founded in 1807 in the former Franciscan convent. The great hall has a ceiling, which is decorated with the largest canvas painting in the world spanning 720 square metres (7,800 sq ft).
The Monument to Giordano Bruno, created by Ettore Ferrari, was erected in 1889 at Campo de' Fiori square in Rome, Italy, to commemorate the italian philosopher Giordano Bruno, who was burned there in 1600.
The "Scalinata Santa Barbara", large sections of the Muro Carlo V and a number of 18th and 19th century houses in the ancient quarter of Tirone survived; additionally several houses in Via Fata Morgana and Via Giordano Bruno remained standing and are in use today.